Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission

The Inspector of the Police Integrity Commission is a statutory position which oversees the Police Integrity Commission in New South Wales, a state of Australia.

The principal functions of the inspector are to:

• audit the operations of the commission for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the law;
• deal with complaints of abuse of power, impropriety and other forms of misconduct on the part of the commission or officers of the commission by reporting upon them; and
• assessing the effectiveness and appropriateness of the procedures of the Commission relating

to the legality or propriety of its activities.

The Hon M D Ireland QC was appointed as the first inspector on 12 June 2002.

On 1 September 2005 the Hon James Wood QC was appointed as the inspector.